Greeley, CO Trash & Recycling: Pickup Rules & Schedules (2026)
Key Facts
- Curbside container window
- 1 day per 7-day week
- Who may move containers
- only the resident
- Others' containers
- protected, Sec. 12-272
- Self-hauling own waste
- allowed, Sec. 8-371
- Collecting for others
- licensed haulers only
Summary
Greeley residents may set trash, garbage or refuse containers out on the public right-of-way for only one 24-hour period within any seven-day span, and only the resident who placed them may move them before collection.
Nothing in this section shall prohibit the placement of trash, garbage or refuse containers for pick-up on public rights-of-way for one 24-hour period within a seven-day period.(b)All refuse and debris remaining as a result of the demolition or repair of any buildings or the erection and completion of any buildings shall be removed following substantial completion of the work. Any such accumulation shall constitute a Code infraction and a violation of this environmental sanitation code. (Prior Code, § 13-133(part); Code 1994, § 9.16.120; Ord. No. 19, 1988, § 1(part), 5-17-1988; Ord. No. 43, 1994, § 2, 11-1-1994; Ord. No. 56, 1994, § 1, 12-20-1994; Ord. No. 46, 2006, § 1, 10-17-2006)
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Municipal Code: Supplement 6 Update 1).
Full Breakdown
Sec. 12-269(a) requires every property owner, agent or tenant to keep premises free of accumulated refuse, but carves out an exception letting containers sit at the curb for pickup for one 24-hour period in a seven-day week. Sec. 12-272 separately bars anyone but the resident who set out the containers from molesting, removing or disturbing them before the collector arrives. Residents may haul their own waste under Sec. 8-371, but anyone collecting for others in Greeley must be a city-licensed or authorized refuse service provider under Title 8, Chapter 11.
Violations & Fines
Leaving containers out beyond the 24-hour window is a Chapter 5 code infraction punishable under Sec. 12-273. Disturbing someone else's set-out containers separately violates Sec. 12-272.
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